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Klara Studio Workdays<\/p><\/div>\n

Klara Chavarr\u00eda paints to reveal or inform the \u201chuman condition. \u201d Her canvases and drawings depict the human form abstractly while capturing the inward soul, that which defines the person. The artist is also concerned to demonstrate how much humans are a part of nature and how much they have strayed from it. In that loss of contact with nature, that disconnect from seeing ourselves as a creature of this Earth, we have harmed the very planet on which we rely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Soul Keeper<\/p><\/div>\n

Her online statement best states her inspiration:<\/p>\n

In my work the human becomes line and form tracing toward the source, eliminates any distraction or definition and aligns concern and question with my need for observation and the contemplation of life. I have an interest in the essence of our human self and not in any exterior definitions or characterizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Klara Chavarr\u00eda Kepfer is an artist and designer originally hailing from Guatemala City. She began her studies with a renowned artist and professor when she was only eight years old. In 1993, she traveled to the U. S. to study at Kansas State University, concentrating on design, visual arts and painting. She received a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Fine Arts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After a career in design, Chavarr\u00eda\u2019s art career began over 15 years ago in the Midwest with studios in Chicago and Cincinnati. She has lived in south Florida for more than a decade and operates Coral Gables gallery Klara Chavarr\u00eda Contemporary Art. Her work is collected and displayed in many national and international collections, both private and corporate. The City of Miami Beach features her art, as does Chicago\u2019s Museum of Science and Industry and O\u2019Hare\u00a0International Airport.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Healing of a Comforted Heart<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cNature inspires me; it is the essence of humanity, \u201csaid Chavarr\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The artist regards each of her works as possessing its own story and soul. In her mixed media painting, Voice of Petals, a figure stands in a golden glow of light while gold and copper petals rain down. The figure\u2019s head is slightly bowed\u00a0in prayer or awe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis painting is my observation of human life within nature\u2014how we are a part of it\u2014and how distractions tend to keep us away from nature,\u201d said Chavarr\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With deep interests in life, philosophy, and design. Chavarr\u00eda continues to read and study philosophy in an effort to understand the nature of the human condition and for aesthetic inspiration. Looking at the future of her artistic output, she is going to begin working in three-dimensional art (sculpture) that she hopes will be chosen for public projects. She has begun some works in wood, but plans to create more monumental pieces in bronze.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAs an artist it is important to be challenged and to get out of your comfort zone,\u201d said Chavarr\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Klara Chavarr\u00eda Contemporary Art gallery is located at 2912 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, 33134. The phone number is 305-282-2116. To see more of the artist\u2019s work, please visit her website at .<\/p>\n\n\t\t